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Governor Deval
Patrick Visits RCC

By Hilaire Dastinot

Special to The Gazette

In support of Roxbury Community
College, Massachusetts Governor De-
val Patrick and Secretary of Education
Paul Reville paid a brief visit to the RCC
community Tuesday, October 2nd, and
announced a $20.7 million for an up
graded RCC.

Following months of turmoil af-
ter a series of news stories written by
Mary Carmichael and Adrian Walker in
The Boston Globe, Roxbury Commu-
nity College and its entire community
(board, students, faculty, and staff) fi-
nally felt relieved "thanks to the clear-
ance of the Visium Global," a firm of

experts in Clery Act, sighed Dr. Linda
Turner, Interim President.

Early on Tuesday the staff assigned
to prepare for the event was on duty,
organizing an audience that gathered
other political figures from the Boston
area and the diverse components of
RCC, eager to hear what the Governor
had to say.

After being introduced by Secretary
of Education Reville, Governor Patrick
drew a round of applause when an-
nouncing that the College would receive
the amount of $20.7 million in capital
bond to support College projects such
as the renovation of the Academic and
Media Arts buildings. The investment
will also provide funding for infrastruc-

ture related to Life Sciences and Allied
Health Programs.

In his remarks, Governor Patrick en-
couraged the college to work to "keep
Massachusetts at the forefront of the
world in education" before adding: "Ed-
ucation is what we are best known for; it
is our calling card. Everybody wants to
be us in Massachusetts." Furthermore,
he added: "In that spirit, I believe in
Roxbury Community College."

Board of Trustees Chairwoman, Ms.
Kathleen Taylor, thanked Governor
Patrick "for bringing a good announce-
ment... RCC is on the move in many,
many things."

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RCC Has New
Board of Trustees

By Benigna Marrero

Special to The Gazette

On Tuesday October 2nd, Governor
Deval Patrick was in the Media Arts
Building at RCC to share an announce-
ment with the students and faculty. This
was important for the campus commu-
nity, as it would affect the budget funds

CONTENTS

GOVERNOR DEVAL PATRICK VISITS RCC

RCC HAS NEW BOARD OF TRUSTEE

STUDENT HEALTH CENTER PROVIDES RELIEF ..

RCC HOLDS TWO GREAT EVENTS

FUNDING FOR WORK STUDY

for students' resources and financial aid
due to a recent questionable scrutiny
of the Board of Trustees leading to a
suspicious resignation by the college's
president, Terrence Gomes. Governor
Patrick announced that RCC would
receive $20.7 million for new science
equipment, improvement of academic
programs and any repairs needed for
the college.

CYBER BULLYING IS AN EPIDEMIC 2

GOING TO COLLEGE 3

THE STEPCHILD OFTHE DEPARTMENT 3

RZA VISITS BOSTON AN D MEETS STUDENTS FROM LOCAL COLLEGES 3

RCC UNDER WATCHFUL EYE OF BOSTON GLOBE 3

When the announcement was pre-
sented, I was given the chance to ask the
governor a few questions. He seemed
reluctant to share the information he
had regarding Mr. Gomes' resignation.
He did reveal that he isn't in favor of
Bunker Hill Community College merg-
ing with RCC. This was vital informa-

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JOB AND UNEMPLOYMENT ESTIMATES FOR LOCAL LABOR MARKETS
IN THE COMMONWEALTH 4

STUDENT ART FROM PHOTOGRAPHY 1 4

THE GLOBE BASHES RCC 4

GOVERNOR IS ON BOARD 4

Student Health Center
Provides Relief

By Alison Crumb

Gazette Staff Reporter

It's the first day of class and Mark
feels ill with an uneasy stomach. He
struggles to concentrate in his first class
as the room spins. The bathroom is his
first safe haven as he struggles to keep
the contents of his stomach within. He
is nauseous and feels as if he will evacu-
ate through any orifice. Lucky for this
particular student, he knows just where
to find some needed relief: the Stu-
dent Health Center (SHC) located on
the third floor of the Student Center
Building. Nurse Ruth Hines, RN, CS,
MS, College nurse and Director of the
Students Health Center, gives Mark kao-
pectate. Within an hour of resting, Mark
feels better and is able to complete his
first day of classes.

Nurse Hines has worked within the

RCC community for 27 years, starting
on Huntington Avenue and now here
on Columbus Ave. Currently, she runs
the SHC which has private exam rooms,
a waiting area, office space and a large,
clean handicap accessible bathroom.
There is ample space and privacy in
the center and even space to get all the
rest necessary to chase one's academic
dreams.

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RCC Holds
Two Great
Events

By Judy Kahalas

Editor

On Monday, October 22, the Col-
lege celebrated Hispanic Heritage with
a talk by Dr. Vanessa Calderon-Rosado,
Chief Executive Officer of Inquilos
Boricuas en Accion, an agency that runs
Villa Victoria. Dr. Calderon-Rosado
discussed her connection to the Latino
community as an immigrant who lives
between two worlds: her Puerto Rican
roots and her love for her adopted city.
She also presented information about
Latinos whose lives have significantly
influenced us in the 21st century. The
engaging talk presented the important
contributions of the Hispanic commu-
nity to our everyday life. There was also
an exhibit of the works of three His-

RCC Celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month

Community Career Fair - Fall 2012

panic artists in the Resnikoff Gallery.
Professor Veronica McCormack chaired
the event.

Then, on Tuesday, October 23rd, the
College, in partnership with JobNet,
hosted an enormously successful Career
Fair in which approximately 2000 people

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Funding for Work Study

By Terrance Sanders

Gazette Staff Reporter

Although Roxbury Community Col-
lege offers work study to students with
financial aid, funding the program
makes it hard to produce more jobs for
students. Work study was designed for
students to make money by helping in
different areas around the school, result-
ing in them getting paid for doing what
they were put in place to do.

But over the years the amount of
work study jobs at RCC has declined.
One specific area where work study
jobs have declined is the Broadcast Me-

dia Technology Department. There are
little to no opportunities for students to
work in BMT because there isn't enough
money to fund it.

Professor Justin Petty and other
members of the BMT staff are meet-
ing with the school board trying to find
ways to get financial help for work study
jobs. With the majority of the students
of RCC on financial aid and in need of
jobs, work study numbers continue to
decrease. In the next year or so, people
would hope to see a federal grant given
to Roxbury Community College so that
some of that money could help improve
the work study program by increasing
job opportunity.

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Cyber bullying is
an Epidemic

By Imani Hill

Gazette Staff Reporter

Cyber bullying is the ghost writing of
the 21 century of the worst kind. It's a
faceless attack on the youth of today.
Children and even young teens have no
sense of what's right or what's wrong.
The youth of today thinks that beating,
taunting, or even calling another person
disturbing names are a fun way to get
their kicks.

An article written by Ted Feinberg ti-
tled "Cyber Bullying" states that a 2006
study found "that 45% of preteens and
30% of teens are cyber bullied while at
school." The internet is a tool for cyber
bullying when it's put in the hands of a
preteen or a teenager with cruel inten-
tions in mind.

With camera phones and YouTube
becoming easily accessible for young
teens, opportunities for posting are
expanded with bullies publishing their
crime for the entire world to see. Even
FaceBook has become a haven for cy-
ber bullying with the tormenter posting
comments on the net for everyone to
see.

Schools and parents should work to-
gether to stop this growing trend from
getting any worse than it is now. Victims
of this dreadful and vicious epidemic
are becoming more and more afraid for
their lives and for the lives of their fami-
lies and friends.

But lawmakers and politicians are put-
ting their foot down on this subject and
taking drastic steps to stop this cyber
bullying once and for all. In an article in
The Buffalo News titled "Cuomo Signs
Cyber Bullying Measure into Law," writ-
ten by Tom Precious, it said that legis-
lation is putting more responsibility on
the schools for them to help kids who
are victims of cyber bullying. In the
article Governor Andrew M. Cuomo
made a statement about the 2010 law
to make cyber bullying a federal offense,
saying "Under this new law, schools will
play an important role — working with
families, communities and law enforce-
ment — to prevent harassment, bullying
and discrimination, and to support a
student's right to learn."

Sadly, there are tales that take a tragic
turn for the worse. According to an
article titled "Prosecuting Cyber Bully-
ing," a young boy named Tyler dem-
enti jumped off the George Washington
Bridge in New Jersey. He was only 1 8
years old, and was just starting his first
semester at Rutgers University. His fa-
ther, John, was stunned to find out that
his son's friends, Dharun Ravi and Molly

Wei, were the cause of his son's suicide.
Seven days before Taylor's death, his
friends placed a hidden camera in Ty-
ler's dorm room showing Tyler having
a relationship with another man. His
friends then posted the footage online
for the world to see. Ravi and Wei were
charged with invasion of privacy and
could face up to 5 years in prison. It's
the tale that made society aware of this
tragic epidemic.

According to an article titled "Cyber
Bullying Pervades the Public School
Experience," these are easy signs that a
parent can see:

• Creating web sites that have
stories, cartoons, pictures, and
jokes ridiculing others

• Posting pictures of classmates
online and asking students to
rate them, with questions such

as "Who is the biggest (add

a derogatory term)?

• Breaking into an e-mail account
and sending vicious or embar-
rassing material to others.

• Engaging someone in IM (in-
stant messaging), tricking that
person into revealing sensitive
personal information, and for-
warding that information to
others.

• Taking a picture of a person in
the locker room using a digital
phone camera and sending that
picture to others.

Parents can get involved with this war
on cyber bullying. But with these steps
and more programs that parents and
school administrators can learn from,
then there might still be hope for the
youth's future. If schools and parents
can works together and fight against
bullying on the internet and at schools,
students could sleep peacefully and en-
joy life.

Works Cited

Feinberg, Ted, Cyber bullying, Education
Digest, Mar2009, huse 7

Precious, Tom, Buffalo News, The (NY),
07/09/2010

'Prosecuting Cyber bullies. " Issues <& Con-
troversies. Tacts On Tile News Services, 6 Dec.
2010. Web. 10 Oct. 2012.

Cyber bullying Pervades the Public School
Experience (sidebar). " Issues & Controversies
On File: n. pag. Issues & Controversies.
Facts On File News Services, 29 Apr. 2005.

Ed. Note: Imani Hill is a student in Prof.
Kahalas' Introduction to Speech Class. This
was presented as an informative speech.

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Student Health Center...

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The most rewarding part of the
SHC is the personal interactions with
students. These interactions take place
in the College Experience class and/
or within the confines of the SHC. Ac-
cording to Nurse Hines, "The students
(at RCC) make the job." The student
body at RCC is diverse in both age and
backgrounds. This makes for varied
needs. Stress related ailments, head-
aches, sprains, lacerations, condoms,
blood pressure checks, and blood sugar
tests are some common reasons stu-
dents visit the SHC.

When asked about the goal of the
Student Health Center, Nurse Hines
stated, "My concern is the health and
wellness of students. Helping them to
get well and stay well." Her role at the
SHC is three fold: college nurse, man-
aging immunization records, and being
the wellness coordinator. When asked
how she handles how her roles, Nurse
Hines responds that "every moment is
taken up."

"Preventative care is important now
and throughout one's life." Nurse Hines'
goal as Wellness Coordinator is to pro-
vide preventative care and information
to students. In the coming weeks SHC
will offer education on HIV testing, flu
shots, breast cancer awareness, alcohol
awareness, and smoking cessation.

Students who wish to be involved in
a Wellness Program should call or visit
SHC.

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Going to
College

By Veronica Fontes

Gazette Staff Reporter

No matter what your situation,
choosing the best value for your
education is important. With this in
mind, community colleges provide
students with a great place to
experiment. Students who attend a
community college vs. students who
attend a university can take all the time
necessary in order to graduate. Many
students in college are unsure of their
majors and career paths. Community
colleges give those students a chance
to experiment by taking classes in a
variety of departments at a fraction of
the cost of what you would be paying
to take classes at a university, whereas
students gain degrees in fields they are
not ardent about because- due to the
time and money they had spent in those
courses - they are reluctant to change
their major midway through. Attending

a community college allows students the
leisure in changing their majors as many
times as they want to avoid graduating
with a futile degree.

From a questionnaire filled by
students in private, state and community
colleges, students believe "a good
university" (a four year college with
$20,000 tuition) is a wiser decision.
Community colleges are perceived as
"...a school for people who did not
have money, hopes, or plans for their
future..."

Many students claimed that enrolling
into a community college would only
occur if they were denied their dream
schools or debts from loans were too
much. For Alice, a Roxbury Community
College student, she accepted this
idea after attending the University of
Massachusetts-Amherst and finding
herself over $50,000 in debt.

Community colleges might not be
for everyone. Some students attending
state and private colleges look forward
to huge campuses and a permanent
residence with tons of campus life
and activities. Community colleges are
alleged to have limited curricula, light
workload, uninvolved students, and lack
of activities on campus.

The students who attend Boston
University, Northeastern, University
of Dartmouth and Harvard University
distinguish community colleges
as "not up to par." According to
Phoebe, a Harvard University student,
"Community colleges can be great
schools, but their reputations, such as
Roxbury Community College, make
society perceive them as lower."

The Stepchild of the Department

By Daniel Villanueva

Editor of The Gateway Gazette

The STEM (Science, Technology,
Engineering, Math) Division is crucial
to RCC's success considering that it's
heavily populated. Funding comes at
a premium, especially with the notion
that these departments are consistently
making advances, most on an annual
basis.

Unlike its counterparts, the majority
of STEM revolves around health careers.
The broadcasting field endures the
same constant and rapid advancements
just as any other department. But the

However, before FIPSE, you'd have
to date back to 1994. "When I first
came here in 1994, we worked with
that equipment up until 2003... And
it's 2012. . . We're due for an upgrade. . .
I feel that we're always at the bottom
of the totem pole," Petty said. "Some
things have more priority in my eyes,
and I don't think Broadcasting is one of
them."

In fairness, there are a number
of arguments that contribute to
Broadcasting Department's position.
One argument is that the broadcasting
field, although highly competitive in
its own right, doesn't have the demand

biggest discrepancy isn't just WHERE
the funding goes, rather WHEN the
funding is received. The Broadcasting
Department has experienced nine-year
intervals between equipment upgrades.
"The life of the equipment ranges
between three and five years because
the technology in this field is always
changing," says Prof. Justin Petty,
Department Chair of Broadcast Media
Technology.

The last equipment upgrade was in
October of 2009, when the department
received 2 additional cameras. But
prior to that was in 2003, when the
department received the FIPSE (Fund
for the Improvement of Postsecondary
Education) grant, which provided
sufficient funding for the television
studio and facilities to transition to
digital.

of students as its counterparts. First,
consider the success rate of STEM
Students. Then, compare it to the
success rate for B.M.T Nonetheless,
the Broadcasting Department still
prepares its students for their intended
next step, a four-year institution. Prof.
Petty has been told from Northeastern,
Boston University, and Emerson that
"our program is doing the right thing
in terms of training and educating the
students so that they're well prepared
to transition into their universities...
Even alumni have said that our students
are more hands on, with more training
here than they have at the four-year
institution."

Dr. Tala Khudairi, Dean of STEM,
believes that success is derived from one
of broadcasting's strengths: its ability
to provide two internships. She stated,

"We want to provide students with the
necessary educational foundation and
technical skills that are needed for the
work force and transfers to universities."

Dean Khudairi is responsible for
facilitating twenty-two programs within
the four departments, so she must
"prioritize" accordingly. In her efforts
to be "equitable and resourceful as
possible," she attempts to accommodate
each department. Trusting in the
"empowerment of education" has
made it possible for students to explore
more career possibilities during her
tenure. For instance, "Life Sciences"
was recently developed last spring,
which was approved for Fall 2012 and is
now offered come Spring 2013."

Prof. Petty also recognizes that "this
department is only one department
within a division of several, so you're
fighting with other departments for
funding... They tend to get grants a
little quicker than we do considering a
lot of things are focused around STEM
sciences and so forth, so they tend to
have more grants out there."

The important thing to consider
is that four-year institutions receive
endowments from their alumni. We
unfortunately don't have that privilege,
so it leaves the department in the same
predicament it started with. Luckily,
opportunities lie in on the horizon.
Gov. Deval Patrick had announced that
RCC will be receiving Capital Funding
that Dr. Khudairi says will be directed
towards "Life and Health Sciences, as
well as improvements in the Media Arts
Building."

Dr. Khudairi explained, "Funding
received by the state is allocated by the
President." In order for any department
to be considered for adequate funding,
they must first undergo a "program
review," an extensive process that
addresses department needs through an
internal and external assessment. The
Broadcasting Department has already
undergone nine-year droughts twice
before, so it's fair to assume this one is
on schedule to end relatively shortly.

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RZA Visits Boston and
Meets Students from
Local Colleges

By Moses Mokuolu

Special to The Gazette

On Thursday, October 4, RZA, the
Grammy-Award winning hip-hop artist, sat
down with a group of students from local
colleges at a roundtable discussion of his
up coming film, The Man with the Iron Fists.
The event was organised by Universal Studios
and took place at Club Royale, 279 Tremont
Street in Boston.

RZA opened the discussion:

This movie is inspired by the whole
specter of martial arts films from the
60's, 70's, 80's, and 90's, and then given
an American sensibility for the future.
Before I started this film, I wasn't sure
about casting myself as the blacksmith,
but the producers were sure. [The
Producers] said it was part of the deal
to play The Blacksmith, they appreciated
me as an actor and everything, but that
the cast was holding that much weight
was really a puzzle in my mind.
So I recall doing an interview with The
LA Times and they asked, " Are you
going to be in the film?" I was, like, "To
be honest with you I'm Captain Kirk
right now. If I don't have a Mr. Spak, I

don't see how I can be in this film."
But Eli [Roth] came over and actually I
had a Mr. Spak. You know somebody
that when I felt nervous or troublesome
about doing something, I have someone
I could share my words with, but also
someone I can argue with.

Mokuolo: What did you take from
working with directors like Quentin
Tarantino?

RZA: Tarantino also came to the film
set as well which actually made me
feel so honored to, you know, see my
mentor, my master in Kung Fu come
in and tell me that "Bobby, you have
captured the authenticity of all the old
Kung Fu films, with the opulence of the
modern."

"The Man With the Iron Fist" is a film
inspired by the life of RZA, from being
a child watching old Kung Fu films, to
being the leader of the immortal Wu
Tang Clan. As a Kung Fu movie lover,
I am excited to watch this film.

Ed. Note: Moses Mokuolo is the Vice Presi-
dent of the Student Government Association.
He is also a movie and music buff

RCC Under Watchful
Eye of Boston Globe

By Terrance Sanders

Gazette Staff Reporter

On September 23 and 24, 2012, The
Boston Globe published two news
articles about Roxbury Community
College. According to staff reporter
Mary Carmichael, the institution is being
accused of sex crimes, evidence secrecy
and financial scandals. Carmichael wrote
that in 2003 a female student (now 49
years old) was sexually harassed by a
staff member of Roxbury Community
College. The victim supposedly
reported the incident but evidence of
the reported file was not presented.

Seven years later she wrote a
complaint to the school about the
incident. When asked about the sexual
abuse on campus, most of the current
female students were shocked about
the claims. One woman, who wanted
to remain anonymous when asked how
she felt about the situation, said that she

once had a male staff member make a
sexual pass at her. When asked how she
confronted the staff member, she said
she "took matters into her own hands."
Not only did Carmichael accuse RCC
of sex crimes but of tampering and
mismanagement of the school's money.
According to reports, money that was
supposed to be used for grants and
basic needs of the students was spent on
different things. In the article published
by The Globe, former President
Terrence Gomes stepped down in
June of 2012 as a result of being under
investigation for misuse of money.
Gomes has reportedly made $374,589
this year alone from the state and his
annual rate was $196,749 according to
the MA payroll data. These accusations
give R.C.C a bad representation and bad
name, but the firing of Dr. Gomes and
of some staff members that were under
him, the institution will hopefully repair
its reputation.

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Latest Job And Unemployment
Estimates For Local Labor Markets
In The Commonwealth

BOSTON - Tuesday, October 23,
2012 — The Executive Office of Labor
and Workforce Development today
reported that the September 2012 sea-
sonally unadjusted unemployment rates
were down in ten areas; unchanged in
three areas; and up in nine areas over
the month. Over the year, the rates are
down in all twenty two labor areas.

Statewide, the September season-
ally unadjusted unemployment rate re-
mained at 6.4 percent. Over the year,
the statewide unadjusted rate was down
0.9 of a percentage point from the Sep-
tember 2011 unadjusted rate of 7.3 per-
cent.

In September 2012, over the month
job gains occurred in nine of the twelve
areas for which estimates are published.
The largest job gains occurred in the
Springfield, the Boston-Cambridge-
Quincy and Worcester areas. Losses oc-
curred in the Barnstable, Peabody, and
Pittsfield areas.

Over the year, ten of the twelve areas
added jobs with the largest percentage
gains in the Leominster-Fitchburg-
Gardner, Peabody, Boston-Cambridge-
Quincy, and Barnstable areas.

The seasonally adjusted statewide
September unemployment rate, released
on October 18th, was 6.5 percent, an in-
crease of 0.2 of a percentage point over
the August 6.3 percent, and down 0.7 of
a percentage point from the 7.2 percent
rate recorded in September 2011. The
statewide seasonally adjusted jobs esti-
mate showed a 5,100 job gain over the
month.

The labor force, unemployment rates
and jobs estimates, for Massachusetts
and for every other state, are based on
statistical methodologies specified by
the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau
of Labor Statistics.

The unadjusted unemployment rates
and job estimates for the labor market
areas reflect seasonal fluctuations and

therefore may show different levels and
trends than the statewide seasonally ad-
justed estimates.

NOTES: The October 2012 un-
employment rate, labor force data, and
jobs estimates for Massachusetts will be
released on November 15, 2012; local
unemployment statistics will be released
on November 20, 2012. Detailed labor
market information is available at www.
mass.gov/lmi. See the 2012 Media Ad-
visory annual schedule for complete list-
ing of release dates.

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RCC Has New Board...

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tion that RCC can remain an indepen-
dent community college after all its great
history.

After this, I was informed that with
the new Board of Trustees, RCC now
has a better administration that will
work hard to outweigh the cons at RCC.
This is a"transparently top priority,"
declared Secretary of Education Paul
Reville. In time, the institution's new
Board of Trustees will hopefully help
the college grow and improve academic
programs, making this a top priority for
students.

RCC Holds Two Great Events..

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came with resumes in hand. Forty-six
employers were represented by 100 of
their representatives. This Career Fair
was open to the community-at-large as
well as RCC students and alumni. Ms.
Irina Galatskaya of the Office of Ca-
reer Development at the College orga-
nized the event.

With an interim president at the
helm, Dr. Linda Edmonds Turner, and
a talented and committed faculty and
staff, the campus has continued to sup-
port its mission and its engagement with
the Greater Boston community.

Governor Deval Patrick...

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In her brief remarks, the Interim
President, Dr. Lynda Edmonds Turner,
assured the Governor, "You will not
be sorry for allocating this money to
RCC," before promising that Roxbury
Community College is committed to
working to keep the State on top in
higher education.

Secretary of Education, Mr. Reville,
closed the press event and emphasized
that "with the new Board, new presi-
dent... and new everything, RCC is liv-
ing the era of the beginning of the re-
naissance."

The Globe Bashes RCC

By Rose Fontaine

Gazette Staff Reporter

On September 23, 2012, a reporter for
The Boston Globe, Mary Carmichael,
wrote a story about Roxbury Commu-
nity College titled "Review Shows RCC
puts Student's Basic Needs at Risk."
The story was about the decisions of
Terrence Gomes, Roxbury Community
College president who resigned in June
2012. The Globe reported "over its
nine years of existence, Gomes's admin-
istration spent thousands on administra-
tion raises while scrimping on campus
amenities."

Carmichael said as a cost saving
method old blackboards were covered
in white paint instead of buying new
whiteboards, and the historical Centre
Street mansion that belongs to RCC was
neglected.

One student who wishes to remain
anonymous said, "The story in The
Globe can be biased. If covering the
blackboard was sufficient, then so be it. I
don't know the importance of the build-
ing and if it was academically beneficial
for the students. The money should be
used to best benefit the school."

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The Globe also reported about the
fear of officials wanting to merge Rox-
bury Community College with Bunker
Hill Community College. The interim
president of RCC, Dr. Linda Turner,
was quoted, "There was a long and hard
fight to get this college located in Rox-
bury. Now, we're fighting to be stron-
ger."

Another student who also wishes to
remain anonymous said, "I hope that
whatever is going on at RCC doesn't
affect me as a student. I am hoping to
get my degree in December. I love RCC,
I have awesome professors and the
school has provided me with a lot of
responsibilities."

Whether the story in The Globe was
biased or not, students are hoping that
the new administration will get back to
working for the benefit of the students
at RCC.

Governor is on Board

By Daniel Villanueva

Gazette Staff Reporter

In the midst of an educational and
structural transition, Governor Deval
Patrick scheduled a visit to the RCC
campus. Interim President Linda Turner
and newly appointed Chair of the
Board of Trustees, Kathleen Taylor,
ensured the governor was greeted with
hospitality as he was welcomed into
the Green Room on the third floor of
the Media Arts Building. Patrick wasn't
alone, as his company included the
Secretary of Education, Paul Reville,
Representative Gloria Fox and City
Councilor At-Large Ayanna Pressley.

Although Patrick's visit was rather
sudden and brief, he was able to
find time from his schedule to show

"Commonwealth Support to RCC" by
announcing that our institution would
be receiving $20.7 million in Capital
Funding. This funding is designed to
improve and upgrade the Media Arts
Building as well as aid science and health
programs.

Patrick and company are well aware
of RCC's ongoing transition but believe
in the institution of higher education.
"We are witnesses to the Renaissance"
said Patrick during the conference.
Reville shares the same insight on
improvement for our institution. "It
starts with finding a new president as
well as a new board, which will allow us
to build partnerships and relationships.
We need determination from our
community as well."

Student Art from Photography 1

In Photography 1 at Roxbury
Community College the school
proposes to strengthen the student's
photography skills through exercises in
camera use, photo editing, Photoshop
editing, printing, print mounting and
critical evaluation of photos. Early dis-
cussions in the class examine several
critical aspects of photography, includ-
ing choice of subject, composition, use
of light, and contrast. Class assignments
aim to help photographers interact with
their subjects and place emphasis on the
psychology of photography, i.e. what
kind of relationship do you have with
your "models" and what kind of ex-
pressions do you wish to portray? Profi-
ciency in digital file manipulation is also
emphasized.

In addition to exploring Photoshop's
many tools students explore printing on
various media (mainly computer paper)
and learn to trim, mount, even frame
their art. Finally, students will present
their art to the class.

But this is the first time we've been
invited to publish photography in the
Gateway Gazette which is printed on
newsprint paper. Thank you to Editor
Professor Judy Kahalas for the oppor-
tunity to see these files in print. What do
you think of the results, dear readers?

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The Gateway Gazette is

the official publication of the

student body of Roxbury

Community College.

Submissions from the college

community are welcome. All

submissions are subject to

editing. Opinions stated within

the paper are not necessarily

endorsed by the newspaper

staff.

Editors:

Prof. Judy Kahalas

Prof. Quentin James

Daniel Villanueva

Layout and Production:

Dr. Milton Samuels
Phuong Tang

Adviser:

Prof. Sandra Storey

Staff Reporters:

Alison Crumb
Hilaire Dastinot
Rose Fontaine
Veronica Fontes

Imani Hill

Benigna Marrero

Moses Mokuolu

Terrance Sanders

Daniel Villanueva

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